Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090058910 | Image Forming Method, Image Forming Apparatus, and Image Forming Program and Recording Medium - An image forming method provided with the steps of: (a) providing a plurality of first nozzles for depositing a black color ink and a plurality of second nozzles for depositing color inks other than a black color ink to form a processed black color, the first nozzles and the second nozzles being mounted on a recording head of an image forming apparatus scanning relative to a recording medium in a first direction, the first nozzles shifted relative to the second nozzles in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; (b) scanning the recording head in a first direction; (c) while scanning the recording head in the first direction, for printing a black image, depositing the black color ink by the first nozzles onto a first recording position of the recording medium and depositing the color inks by the second nozzles onto a second recording position of the recording medium. | 03-05-2009 |
20130027447 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus configured to form an image on a data sheet includes a pattern forming unit configured to form a predetermined pattern on the data sheet; a pattern reading unit configured to apply a process liquid to the data sheet on which the predetermined pattern is formed by the pattern forming unit, and to read the predetermined pattern on the data sheet after applying the process liquid; an expansion and contraction amount calculation unit configured to calculate an amount of expansion or contraction of the predetermined pattern read by the pattern reading unit; and an image data expansion and contraction unit configured to expand or contract image data depending on the amount of expansion or contraction calculated by the expansion and contraction calculation unit. | 01-31-2013 |
20130241987 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A method for forming a color image on a recording medium includes detecting an ejection failure of a group of color ink recording elements for ejecting color ink drops, storing recording data originally expected to be processed by at least one color recording element exhibiting the ejection failure of the color recording elements of the group in a case where the ejection failure is detected in the detecting step, and compensating the ejection failure by recording an achromatic dot at a pixel position to which at least one color dot is originally expected to be recorded on the recording medium based on recording data stored in a data storage unit. | 09-19-2013 |
20150242726 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus that outputs print data to a recording apparatus including a recording unit that causes each of a plurality of nozzles to eject droplets to record dots on a recording medium, the image processing apparatus comprises: an acquiring module that acquires image data for an image to be formed by the recording unit; a determining module that determines whether or not the image data is laminated image data formed of a plurality of layers; and a generating module that generates, when the image data is the laminated image data, the print data that assigns nozzles for recording dots corresponding to respective pixels of the laminated image data such that a specific nozzle for recording dots that correspond to pixels at an identical pixel position in the laminated image data varies from one layer to another. | 08-27-2015 |
20150251412 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing apparatus includes an acquiring unit, a first calculating unit, a setting unit, a second calculating unit, a first generating unit, and a second generating unit. The acquiring unit acquires image data of an image to be formed by a recording unit using an inkjet system. The first calculating unit calculates a thickness of ejected ink for each pixel based on the image data. The setting unit sets a target thickness of the image. The second calculating unit calculates a difference between the target thickness and the thickness of ink for each pixel. The first generating unit generates complementary data, in which an ejection amount of an additional droplet to realize a thickness corresponding to the difference is defined for each pixel. The second generating unit generates print data containing the image data and the complementary data. | 09-10-2015 |
20150254505 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes an acquiring unit, an identifying unit, and a correcting unit. The acquiring unit acquires input data including shape data on a concave-convex area having a convex part and a concave part and image data of an image formed on the concave-convex area. The identifying unit identifies an uneven area which is within a bottom surface of the concave part and is continuous with a wall surface connecting the bottom surface and a convex surface of the convex part. The correcting unit corrects the image data so that the brightness of a first image area in the uneven area stacked with multiple dots and the brightness of a second image area continuous with the first image area become about the same. | 09-10-2015 |
20150306891 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire multi-layer image data representing a multi-layer image formed by a recording unit including a plurality of nozzles arranged in a first direction, each nozzle ejecting a droplet to record a dot, the recording unit being configured to be moved in the first direction relative to a recording medium each time the recording unit is scanned in a second direction intersecting the first direction; and a first generator configured to generate first print data from the multi-layer image data so as to satisfy a first condition in which dots corresponding to pixels on different layers of the multi-layer image are recorded by one scan in second and subsequent scans performed on a same recording area of the recording medium. | 10-29-2015 |
20150328908 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS, INKJET RECORDING METHOD AND MEDIUM - An inkjet recording apparatus for curing ink ejected onto a base material and forming recorded matter on the base material is provided. The inkjet recording apparatus includes an ejection unit configured to eject the ink onto a first area of the base material and a second area surrounded by the first area, a curing unit configured to cure the ink ejected onto the base material, and a control unit configured to control the curing unit in such a way that a time from ink ejection onto the first area to ink curing is longer than a time from ink ejection onto the second area to ink curing. | 11-19-2015 |